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05/25/2026

Here is the list of 40 Developmental Assets. 40 sounds like a lot but when you break it down into smaller bits of information it is a lot easier to look at. If you look at the list, are their assets you are already building for the young people in your life?

For more information about the 40 Developmental Assets, click onhttps://searchinstitute.org/.

05/19/2026

Of the 40 Developmental Assets, the Internal Assets are made up of 4 categories. The categories are Commitment to Learning, Positive Values, Social Competencies, and Positive Identity.

Commitment to Learning: Young people need a sense of the lasting importance of learning and the belief in their own abilities.

Positive Values: Young people need to develop strong guiding values or principles to help them make healthy life choices.

Social Competencies: Young people need the skills to interact effectively with others, to make difficult decisions, and to cope with new situtations.

Positive Identity: Young people need to believe in their own self-worth and to feel that they have control over the things that happen to them.

For more information about the 40 Developmental Assets, go to https://searchinstitute.org/.

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05/15/2026

The External Assets of the 40 Developmental Assets are broken into 4 categories. The 4 categories include Support, Empowerment, Boundaries and Expectations.

Support: Young people need to be surrounded by people who love, care for, appreciate, and accept them.

Empowerment: Young people need to feel valued and valuable. This happens when youth feel safe and respected.

Boundaries: Young people need clear rules, consistent consequences for breaking rules, and encouragement to do their best.

Constructive Use of Time: Young people need opportunities - outside of school - to learn and develop new skills and interests with other youth and adults.

For more information about the 40 Developmental Assets, check out Search Institute's website, https://searchinstitute.org/.

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05/11/2026

The 40 Developmental Assets consists of 20 internal and 20 external assets.

The External Assets are focused on relationships and opportunities that create a positive environment for young people.

The Internal Assets reflect personal character strengths, social-emotional skills, and attitudes that young people also need to fully engage with and function in the world around them.

Check out the website, https://searchinstitute.org/, for more information.

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05/07/2026

Have you heard about the 40 Developmental Assets?

Search Institute has identified 40 positive experiences and qualities that all of us have the power to bring into the lives of children and youth, which are called Developmental Assets. Check out Search Institute's website, https://searchinstitute.org/, for more information.

No one person can ensure that all young people have the resources, opportunities, and relationships needed to thrive. But together we can. Practical…

05/05/2026

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05/05/2026

Youth Opportunity Toolkit: Collection of tools and resources to support organizations and practitioners on their pathway towards becoming a social capital promoting organization. Approach based on the four core domains defined by Search Institute's Social Capital Framework.

Tools and resources to support you on the pathway toward becoming a social capital promoting organization, based on Search Institute's Social Capital…

05/03/2026

For more information on 40 Developmental Assets:

The developmental assets framework identifies 40 research-based, positive experiences and qualities that influence young people’s development.

05/01/2026

40 Developmental Assets are essential qualities of life that help young people thrive, do well in school, and avoid risky behavior.
1. Family Support – Family life provides high levels of love and support.
2. Positive family communication – Young person and her or his parent (s) communicate positively, and young person is willing to seek advice and counsel from parents (s).
3. Other adult relationships – Young person receives support from three or more nonparent adults.
4. Caring neighborhood – Young person experiences caring neighbors.
5. Caring school climate – School provides a caring, encouraging environment.
6. Parent involvement in schooling – Parents (s) are actively involved in helping young person succeed in school.
7. Community values youth – Young person perceives that adults in the community value youth.
8. Youth as resources – Young people are given useful roles in the community.
9. Service to others – Young person serves in the community one hour or more per week.
10. Safety – Young person feels safe at home, at school, and in the neighborhood.
11. Family boundaries – Family has clear rules and consequences and monitors the young person’s whereabouts.
12. School boundaries – School provides clear rules and consequences.
13. Neighborhood boundaries – Neighbors take responsibility for monitoring young people’s behavior.
14. Adult role models – Parent (s) and other adults model positive, responsible behavior.
15. Positive peer influence – Young person (s) best friends model responsible behavior.
16. High expectations – Both parent (s) and teachers encourage the young person to do well.
17. Creative activities – Young person spends three or more hours per week in lessons or practice in music, theater, or other arts.
18. Youth programs – Young person spends three or m ore hours per week in sports, clubs, or organizations at school and/or in the community.
19. Religious community – young person spends one or more hours per week in activities in a religious institution.
20. Time at home – Young person is out with friends “with nothing special to do” two or fewer nights per week.
21. Achievement motivation – young person is motivated to do well in school.
22. School engagement – young person is actively engaged in learning.
23. Homework – Young person reports doing at least one hour of homework every school day.
24. Bonding to school – young person cares about her or his school.
25. Reading for pleasure – Young person reads for pleasure three or more hours per week.
26. Caring – young person places high value on helping other people.
27. Equality and social justice – Young person places high value on promoting equality and reducing hunger and poverty.
28. Integrity – Young person acts on convictions and stands up for her or his beliefs.
29. Honesty – Young person “tells the truth even when it is not easy.”
30. Responsibility – Young person accepts and takes personal responsibility.
31. Restraint – Young person believes it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs.
32. Planning and decision making – Young person knows how to plan ahead and make choices.
33. Interpersonal competence – Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.
34. Cultural competence – Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.
35. Resistance skills – Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations.
36. Peaceful conflict resolution – Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently.
37. Personal power – young person feels he or she has control over “things that happen to me.”
38. Self-esteem – Young person reports having a high self-esteem.
39. Sense of purpose – Young person reports that “my life has a purpose.”
40. Positive view of personal future – Young person is optimistic about her or his personal future.

04/24/2026

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Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA Take Back Day is Saturday, April 25th, 2026! Please see the local Rx drug drop off locations in the comments below.

The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications fro...